Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016
416th Civil Affairs Battalion
- Constituted 24 February 1949 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 416th Military Government Company
- Activated 10 March 1949 at Norristown, Pennsylvania
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 August 1956 as the 416th Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Redesignated 1 December 1959 as the 416th Civil Affairs Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 416th Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Ordered into active military service 1 December 2003 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 29 November 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 16 September 2006 to San Diego, California
- (Company A ordered into active military service 16 August 2008 at San Diego, California; released from active military service 19 September 2009 and reverted to reserve status)
- (Company B ordered into active military service 23 June 2010 at San Diego, California; released from active military service 27 July 2011 and reverted to reserve status)
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Company A entitled to:
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
Decorations
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN NOV 2010-JUN 2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History